Wildcat Historical Fiction Tours

Remember Ms. Frizzle and her Magic School Bus? Well, she has loaned it to us, and we are going to use it to take a tour of each of the books you’ve read. As the main character, you will take us on a journey to your setting and share some of the aspects of your story.

You will be responsible for the following:

  1. Putting together a slide show of ONLY pictures ( no words ) that show the setting (s) of the story. Your pictures must accurately reflect the time period and any well-known historical aspects. You will create this as a google slideshow and eventually add them to a class slideshow.
  2. Creating a “tour” for our bus ride through your story. You will act as a guide and talk us through the images we are seeing and why they are important. **You want to touch on major elements of the plot, including conflict and resolution, as well as other main characters and events.You want to be engaging, entertaining, and active! Move around, talk to “passengers,” and be excited.

This will be a test grade, so do nice work.

You may use the following resources to collect your pictures, as they need to be from rights free websites.

Quest.eb.com

Pics4learning.com

Commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MainPage

Historical Fiction Tours Rubric

4 / 3 / 2 / 1
Slide Show / Slide show is well put together; pictures are in a logical order, are relevant to the topic and time period; and student uses and references the slideshow in the presentation. / Slideshow is decently put together; pictures are in a logical order, somewhat relevant to the topic and time period; and student references most in the slideshow. / Slideshow is lacking in visual appeal. Pictures are not in a logical order, even if they are somewhat relevant to the topic and time period. Student references some of the pictures. / Slideshow is lacking in visual appeal. Pictures are not relevant and student is not able to use the pictures to discuss the topic.
Presentation: Performance / Student is energetic, informative, and gets the crowd involved. Student stays in character the entire time. / Student shows some energy and is informative, but may not appeal to the crowd as much. May stay in character the entire time. / Student does not seem veryinterested in the presentation; the crowd is not following along, and student slips in and out of character. / Student makes no eye contact, is unenergetic, and reads straight through the presentation.
Presentation: Information / Information shared is relevant to the plot. Student touches on all elements including conflict, resolution, several main events, and other major characters. / Information shared is relevant to the plot. Student touches on most elements of plot listed in previous square. / Information shared may be relevant to the plot. Student mentions main events but doesn’t show understanding of the entire book. / It is clear that the information shared is not relevant or has been collected solely through a summary-based website or resource on the book.
Citations / Student includes proper citations for images used in slides and information gathered for tour and blog post. / Student includes some proper citations for images used in slides and information gathered for tour and blog post. / Student includes a few proper citations for images used in slides and information gathered for tour and blog post. / Student includes no citations for images used in slides and information gathered for tour and blog post.
Citations, cont. / Student lists the citations in the same order they appear in the slideshow. / Student lists the citations, although they are not in the same order as they appear in the slideshow. / Student lists citations, but the number is not consistent with the number of pictures in the slideshow. / Student does not include citations or only lists the web address.
Timing / Slideshow is between 4-6 minutes. / Slideshow is between 3-3:59 minutes. / Slideshow does not reach 3 minutes OR goes over 6 minutes. / Slideshow does not reach 2 minutes.
Preparation / Slideshow is between 4-6 minutes. Student has obviously prepared, moves about, and needs little to no notes. / Slideshow is between 4-6 minutes. Student shows minimal preparation, some movement, and uses a few notes. / Slideshow does not reach 4 minutes or goes over 6. Student shows minimal preparation, little movement, and relies heavily on notes. / Slideshow does not reach 4 minutes. Student shows little to no preparation, does not move, and relies heavily on notes.

Final Grade ______/28